# 2011–12 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was St Mirren's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2005–06 season. St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

St Mirren finished eight in the Scottish Premier League. They reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts. They also reached the League Cup quarter-finals but were beaten by lower league opposition Ayr United.

## Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish League Cup
## Squad information
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| 6 | MF | Jim Goodwin | | 38 | Club captain |
Last updated: 13 May 2012 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Players

    Last updated 13 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Craig Samson | 47 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IRL | David van Zanten | 43 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | David Barron | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Darren McGregor | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Lee Mair | 43 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Jim Goodwin | 38 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Hugh Murray | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Steven Thomson | 31 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven Thompson | 44 | 16 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Paul McGowan | 45 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | NED | Nigel Hasselbaink | 42 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Graeme Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SCO | Joe McKee | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | SCO | Marc McAusland | 40 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Aaron Mooy | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Paul McQuade | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Kenny McLean | 33 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Jamie McKernon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Jon McShane | 14 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Dominic Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Gary Teale | 43 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | NED | Jeroen Tesselaar | 41 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | IRL | Graham Carey | 36 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | NED | Ilias Haddad | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | ENG | Adam McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Dougie Imrie | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | SCO | Jason Naismith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | SCO | Thomas Reilly | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 13 May 2012
| Number | Position | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Craig Samson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | David van Zanten | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | David Barron | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Darren McGregor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lee Mair | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Jim Goodwin | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Hugh Murray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Steven Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Steven Thompson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Paul McGowan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Nigel Hasselbaink | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | GK | Graeme Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Joe McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Marc McAusland | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Aaron Mooy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Paul McQuade | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Kenny McLean | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Jamie McKernon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Jon McShane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Dominic Kennedy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Gary Teale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Jeroen Tesselaar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Graham Carey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Ilias Haddad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Adam McHugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Dougie Imrie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | Thomas Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | DF | Jason Naismith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorer

    Last updated on 13 May 2012
| Position | Number | Name | Scottish Premier League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| FW | 9 | Steven Thompson | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| FW | 11 | Nigel Hasselbaink | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| FW | 10 | Paul McGowan | 8 | | | 8 |
| MF | 23 | Graham Carey | 2 | | 2 | 4 |
| MF | 17 | Kenny McLean | 4 | | | 4 |
| MF | 6 | Jim Goodwin | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| MF | 21 | Gary Teale | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| MF | 8 | Steven Thomson | 2 | | | 2 |
| DF | 14 | Marc McAusland | 1 | | | 1 |
| MF | 15 | Aaron Mooy | 1 | | | 1 |
| MF | 5 | Lee Mair | 1 | | | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 47 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 43 | |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 41 | |
| 10 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 60 | −18 | 39 | |
* ↑ Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.